IMBA Program National Chengchi University Chinese Business in Global Perspectives Spring, 2014 Instructor: Professor Tse-Kang Leng 冷冷冷冷冷 National Chengchi University and Academia Sinica E-Mail: tkleng@nccu.edu.tw, tkleng@sinica.edu.tw TEL: 26525317 Course Description: This is a course on the transformation of Chinese business in the era of globalization The course is organized around sixteen seminars, covering structural, urban, and industrial transformation of Chinese business and Chinese economy Course Requirements: Since this is a seminar-based course, students must participate actively in the discussion Participants are required to finish the readings before the weekly class meetings Registered students and auditors must make at least two formal presentations in class: (1) Choose one of the topics for weekly sessions You and those who select the same topic are responsible for identifying key arguments of the reading materials and providing additional information (2) Choose one of the “Case and Presentation” sessions and present your research findings Normally it will be related to your term paper topics Instructor will lead the discussion of the weekly session, lecture supplemental topics, and raise further questions All the reading materials, except downloadable internet documents, will be compiled in the reading packet Grading: Class participation and presentations: Term paper (4500-5500 words): No mid-term and final exams Term paper due date : 60% 40% to be announced Useful Resources: No textbook is required for this course However, the professor strongly recommend the students to read the recent World Bank Report, downloadable from the internet : World Bank, China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society, 2013 (WBR) Academic Journals: China Quarterly (CQ), China Journal (CJ), Issues and Studies (IS), Journal of Contemporary China (JCC) Magazine: China Business Review (CBR), China Perspective (CP), Beijing Review, Shanghai Daily, The Economist, etc Internet and Database: 1) Pro Quest, EBSCO 2) Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe 3) World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org) 4) Xinhua Net 冷冷冷冷冷 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/index.htm 5) China Daily http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/index.html WEEKLY SCHEDULE : (16-17 meetings) 2/18 Introduction and Organization 2/25 Developmental Paths of China: An Overview Susan Lawrence, “China’s Political Institutions and Leaders in Charts”, CRS, Nov, 2013 Yingyi Qian, “How Reform Worked in China”, Dept of Economics, UC Berkeley, 2001 http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~.drodrik.academic.ksg/Growth%20volume/Qian-China.pdf WBR, 2013, Part I , Ch 1, China’s path: 1978-2030; Ch 2, A New Development Strategy for 2030 PP 4-24 3/4 Historical Legacies of Pre-Reform Era A brief historical and background introduction to China DVD: The Morning Sun, 2005 3/11 Guanxi networks and Business Culture Chen, MingJer and Danny Miller, “The Relational Perspective as a Business Mindset: Managerial Implications for East and West,” Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol 25, No 3(August 2011), pp 6-18 Fangtao Zou and Yongqiang Gao, “Guanxi with Government as a Source of Competitive Advantage in Mainland China,” Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge; Cambridge; March 2007; Vol 10, No 2; pp 158-162 Jun Lin and Steven Xi, “Can Guanxi Be a Problem”, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 27(2010), pp 561-581 3/18 The Rise of the Yangzi Delta area and Business Opportunities Yasheng Huang, Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008), Ch Jeffrey N Wasserstrom, Global Shanghai, 1850–2010: A History in Fragments (New York: Routledge, 2008), Ch Wei, Ye Hua Dennis, “Restructuring for growth in urban China: Transitional institutions, urban development, and spatial transformation,” Habitat International, Vol 36, No 3(July 2012), pp 396–405 3/25 Internet and E-commerce in China Leibold, James, “Blogging Alone: China, the Internet, and the Democratic Illusion?”The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol 70, No 4(November 2011), pp 1023-1041 Wang, Xin, “Foreign direct investment and innovation in China's e-commerce sector,” Journal of Asian Economics, Vol 23(June 2012), 288-301 Casimir, Barczyk; Falk, Gideon; Feldman, Lori; Rarick, Charles, “Alibaba: Changing the Way Business Is Conducted in the Information Economy,” Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, Vol 17, No 7(July 2011), pp 127-133 4/1 Cases and Presentations: E Commerce and Doing Business in the Urban Context and beyond Choose specific cities, such as Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing , Xian, etc You may also choose e-commerce cases such as Baidu, Taobao, etc 4/8 High tech development in China WBR, 2013, Part II Report 2, China’s Growth Through Technological Convergence and Innovation, Guy de Jonquières, “Who is Afraid of China’s High Tech Challenge”, ECIPE Policy Briefs, 2013 Zhu, Xufeng, “Lesson-Learning by Repeated Collaboration: From China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park to Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city,” presented for 8th Asian Network for the Study of Local China (Taipei: Academia Sinica, Taiwan May – 5, 2013) Wu, Po Chi, “How is Innovation in China Different?”Leader to Leader, Vol.71(Winter 2014), pp 60–65 4/15 Guest Speaker Professor Wei-chiao Huang, Professor of Economics, Western Michigan University 10 4/22 Cases and Presentations: High tech development in China IT, Telecom, bio-tech, electronics, software, etc , and other “science parks” in China 11 4/29 Automobile Industry in China Eric Thun, Changing Lanes in China: Foreign Direct Investment, Local Governments, and Auto Sector Development ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008) , Ch 4, 5, Wan-wen Chu, How the Chinese Government Promoted a Global Automobile Industry, Industrial and Corporate Change, 2011, 20(5):1235-1276 12 5/6 Cases and Presentations: Automobile Industries in China Choose specific companies, such as VW, Toyota, GM, Hyundai, etc Or specific locations of manufacturing bases 13 5/13 Environmental protection, new energy, and environmental business in China (1) WBR, 2013, Part II, Report 3, Seizing the Opportunity of Green Development in China, Liua,Yingqi and Ari Kokkob, “Who does what in China’s new energy vehicle industry?” Energy Policy, Vol 57(June 2013), pp 21–29 14 5/20 Environmental protection, new energy, and environmental business in China (2) Chen, Shaofeng, “Has China's Foreign Energy Quest Enhanced Its Energy Security?” The China Quarterly, Vol.207(September 2011), pp 600-625 Kennedy, Andrew B., “China’s New Energy-Security Debate,” Survival, Vol 52, No 3(June/July 2010), pp 137–158 Jialu Liu , DonGoldstein, Understanding China’s renewable energy technology exports, Energy Policy, 52, 2013, pp 417-428 15 5/27 Cases and Presentations: Business of Energy and Environmental Protection in China Choose specific issues, such as new energy development, climate change, air and water pollution, or specific regions, such as Pearl River Delta Area, Yangtze River Delta, or Pan Bo-Hai Sea area 16 6/3 Culture and Creative Sectors in China Luca Zan and Sara Bonini Baraldi, Managing Cultural Heritage in China: A View from the Outside, The China Quarterly, Vol.210, June 2012, pp 456-481 JANE ZHENG, “The “Entrepreneurial State” In “Creative Industry Cluster” Development In Shanghai,”Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol 32, No.2 (May 2010) David Shambaugh, “China’s global Cultural Presence”, in Globalizing China, 2014, pp 206268 17 6/10 Case studies: Culture and Creative Sectors in China Outbound and inbound tourism, Chinese film/TV/mass media industry, China’s “ soft power”, other cities for cultural industries like Hangzhou, Beijing, etc 18 6/17 Conclusion/flexible adjustment Reading Sections: choose one Developmental Paths of China: An Overview Guanxi networks and Business Culture The Rise of the Yangzi Delta area and Business Opportunities E-Commerce and Internet in China High tech development in China Automobile Industry in China Environmental protection, new energy, and environmental business in China (1) Environmental protection, new energy, and environmental business in China (2) Culture and Creative Sectors in China Case Studies: choose one Cases and Presentations: E commerce and Doing Business in the Urban Context and beyond Cases and Presentations: Automobile Industries in China Cases and Presentations: High tech development in China Cases and Presentations: Business of Environmental Protection in China Case studies: Culture and Creative Sectors in China ... development in China IT, Telecom, bio-tech, electronics, software, etc , and other “science parks” in China 11 4/29 Automobile Industry in China Eric Thun, Changing Lanes in China: Foreign Direct Investment,... E-Commerce and Internet in China High tech development in China Automobile Industry in China Environmental protection, new energy, and environmental business in China (1) Environmental protection,... energy, and environmental business in China (2) Culture and Creative Sectors in China Case Studies: choose one Cases and Presentations: E commerce and Doing Business in the Urban Context and beyond